WSDA AgBriefs

Updates on issues of interest to the agricultural community and the public.

Friday, October 7, 2016

Path to industrial hemp program contains excitement and challenge

Emily Febles Industrial Hemp Research Pilot coordinator When House Bill 6206 became effective in June, Washington’s Industrial Hemp Rese...

Monday, October 3, 2016

Guest blog: ag industry should prepare for the Big One, too

Steven Friederich Washington Military Department Every October leaves change, the air grows cooler and for many in the agriculture indust...

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

What's up in your grill?

Karla Salp Pest Program Outreach Coordinator Have you ever looked at your vehicle’s grill and found a bee, butterfly or some other bug st...

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Now you see it, now you don’t: Northeastern forests in the wake of the gypsy moth outbreak

Karla Salp Pest Program Cruising along the freeway in Connecticut, lush, mid-summer leafy green forests suddenly changed: green leaves ...

Saturday, September 17, 2016

A Conversation with Miles McEvoy of the National Organic Program

Heidi Peroni Organic Outreach and Education Coordinator As deputy administrator (aka Head Guy) for the USDA National Organic Program (...

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